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noDangerouslySetInnerHtml (since v1.0.0)

Diagnostic Category: lint/security/noDangerouslySetInnerHtml

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Prevent the usage of dangerous JSX props

Examples

Section titled Examples

Invalid

Section titled Invalid
function createMarkup() {
    return { __html: 'child' }
}
<div dangerouslySetInnerHTML={createMarkup()}></div>
security/noDangerouslySetInnerHtml.js:4:6 lint/security/noDangerouslySetInnerHtml ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━

  ✖ Avoid passing content using the dangerouslySetInnerHTML prop.
  
    2 │     return { __html: 'child' }
    3 │ }
  > 4 │ <div dangerouslySetInnerHTML={createMarkup()}></div>
      │      ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
    5 │ 
  
  ⚠ Setting content using code can expose users to cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks
  

React.createElement('div', {
    dangerouslySetInnerHTML: { __html: 'child' }
});
security/noDangerouslySetInnerHtml.js:2:5 lint/security/noDangerouslySetInnerHtml ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━

  ✖ Avoid passing content using the dangerouslySetInnerHTML prop.
  
    1 │ React.createElement('div', {
  > 2 │     dangerouslySetInnerHTML: { __html: 'child' }
      │     ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
    3 │ });
    4 │ 
  
  ⚠ Setting content using code can expose users to cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks
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